Pat Harper

Trustees this week set aside $498,440 in motor fuel tax funds for road projects. According to Village Engineer Paul Tiberi, $31,290 will be budgeted for snowplowing overtime pay and $65,000...

A 2 percent hotel-motel tax approved by the Village Board this week will pay for the village's membership in the Chicago Southland Convention and Visitors Bureau. The non-profit bureau, which...

Village officials in search of more workspace have approved a $500,000-plus remodeling project for Mokena Village Hall and the police station. The plan calls for three new offices for the...

A proposal to build a Wal-Mart in Mokena will need some tweaking, members of the village's Concept Review Team told company representatives last week. Community Development Director Paul Gorte said...

A $10 million bond issue will finance three years of road improvement projects, village officials said this week. The 20-year alternate revenue bonds were sold to Memphis-based Morgan, Keegan &...

A $10 million alternate revenue bond sale to finance road improvements is in the works in Mokena. The Village Board this week agreed to put the bonds, which would be...

The first results of a special census show a 12 percent growth rate from 2000, netting additional revenue for the village, Mayor Robert Chiszar said this week. Residents were so...

Building a wall to shield a residential area from noise generated by an adjoining business may be the neighborhood's best chance for peace and quiet, village officials said this week....

Trustees see IDOT repairing drainage Trustees this week moved to pave the way for an intergovernmental agreement with the Illinois Department of Transportation that could bring the village cash needed...

A Homewood investor has offered to take over a faltering retail plaza at 191st Street and La Grange Road, but village officials, noting the building's checkered past, said they would...